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2024 Auckland Writers Festival — books and beyond
By Fiona (Ona) 'Ofamo'oni
29 April 2024
National Library Services to Schools is once again partnering with Auckland Writers Festival.
Create readers
A tribute to Vincent O’Sullivan (1937–2024)
By Peter Ireland
29 April 2024
Requiescat in pace, Vincent.
Outside the Library
Ep.8 Voices series: “It’s just hell here now”
By David Colquhoun
19 April 2024
Hear directly from the soldiers at the front in World War One through their letters and diaries.
Library Loudhailer podcast
Report: Survey of School Libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand — 2023
By Miriam Tuohy
2 April 2024
Fifth report in our national surveys about school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Libraries and learning
Stories about place names in Aotearoa New Zealand
By Yasheeka Bertram
18 March 2024
Discover stories about place names with your class.
Libraries and learning
Conservation of the John Scott collection
By Louise Newdick
29 February 2024
In the conservation lab with Paper Conservator Louise Newdick.
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Updating the language we use to describe our collections
By Emma Roache
27 February 2024
Reparative description at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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Literary papers | A poem by James K Baxter
By Seán McMahon
22 February 2024
The story behind a spontaneous poem about Tim Shadbolt.
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Amy Joseph: 1983 – 2024
By Kim Gutchlag
20 February 2024
Moe mai, moe mai, moe mai rā i to moinga roa, e Amy.
Collections
Reading culture boosts literacy and classroom connections
By Tracey Greenwood
19 February 2024
Building solid relationships at the start of the year sets your students up for success.
Create readers
Chinese New Zealanders — a dynamic history
By Dylan Owen
2 February 2024
Check out our resource celebrating Aotearoa New Zealand’s dynamic Chinese heritage.
Libraries and learning
Te hokinga mai
By Jessica Moran
31 January 2024
The return to New Zealand of photos from the Fairfax Archive of newspaper prints.
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Tracing your maternal line: Part II — The Durrant family in New Zealand
By Helen Smith
20 December 2023
Family history research — finding the women in your family tree.
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Highlights of 2023 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team
By William Daymond
14 December 2023
A review of 2023 from the team who make our collections easier to find and use.
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Caring for the C K Stead collection
By Nathan Burgess
12 December 2023
Preparing the C K Stead collection for researchers to access and use.
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‘It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This.’ — Storytelling in video games and their preservation challenges
By Finley Mudgway
8 December 2023
The joy of video games and why it is hard to collect them.
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South Dunedin Read Share Grow — it’s a wrap
By Jo Buchan
7 December 2023
In 2019, the National Library and partners began a journey to create a community of readers in South Dunedin.
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The word on our literary partnerships and events programme
By Zoe Roland
6 December 2023
Our partnerships with the literary community.
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Tracing your maternal line: Part I — England in the 18th-19th centuries
By Helen Smith
28 November 2023
Family history research — finding the women in your family tree.
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Tribute to Jim Traue
By Chris Szekely
22 November 2023
James Edward Traue ONZM, 10 February 1932 – 13 November 2023.
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